Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01

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/ %. with THIS bride pronered, Ka-e accompanied
/ her sister and found the little SHOP and became
! bewi dered with Louise before the cloud OF wit
4 noses from the hidden recesses OF the mineral
Kingdom. 1.-THE idea OF this tiger-eye glitter for
tewc1ry,' said Louise. sit ought 10 be made into
/ inlay IOr mantelS and mirror-frame5 and furni-
.'There's some lovely old-fashioned white carne-
/ Ian, almost as beautiful as mOon-stone1 said
I Kate. and fun a thousand times cheaper"
/ But here are the real mOOn->tOnes. Oh. look at
I them. Kate! How do you suppose atoms so beau
/ tiiu "yeT came together? And look at this opal:
/ ia huge, It's full OF raInbOws fun OF thousand
little 1res fuil Of all the OthF gems at once-it's
/ Whole sunrise breaking through mist; there never
+ was sodp-Ouobie hail 80 brilliant. don't know
/ but like the mODu-sUOneS best, though-such
I tranquility. such paliid loneliness, just NOON
4 b. i,ns- There's something an5ecal about them.
I wouldn't they be perfect with the bloom of dead
! white velvet? They are The pure and precise ex-
/ preston Of mdIdenliness.'
4 "Oh Louise. what nonsense you can get I'D
I about a blJ OF eoloTed GAS"
"'it isn't the colored glass. It's the something
remote In them, the crystal-setLing power the lie
/ OF the creatures
J "Creatures.'
Yes. They're just as much alive as you or l.
Mt the pearls, not those great yellow India pearls
/ they are lovely c1rpSes. But look here. Here's a
gre, turquoise that has DISTURBED all its waters
an sits cIJuded behind its opaque barriers, ike
tulndre OF the sea- Bat It's ali glitter, Ike a
/ pui,ajing thing. It's alive. And look at these
! attuiu irIneS-nOi the Sel-grce1 ones but these
pare pale sky blues. afternoon SKY DIue with the
/ tiny diamond sparks matted just under the edge
L. multiply The sparkle. Each one OF those stones
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mo, eresS and IHiiity about il, small it i. IL
II were something ste.:aF something submitting
1 tC lnpri-1nmeuI mere
''Lodi7''. SIC II think ycu re crazy,'
- lie Il: think 80 too." said The quiet young
/ lady baulni the desk.
"WHy, X IT, yOu -hrt away ieyyeIry in n bnx
AMI you open the bHX, and mere tn" Things are
Just rs bright anu shining ever. There's witch
cry about jlSu. they r. e. piuia OF working Spells:
they 1--we objects moi classified not spirits not
+ witches, but cert aiuly-7
u should think they'd wrought their spell on
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'.Oh. Kate hnre,-iool here. Quick, before it
goes out or something happens TO IL; IL can't shine
50 l2ffFeF- ID. you ever Sc anything Ike tna,?
Where /, ii to look att" little nettled. ''What
Is II, anywuy?'
" IN sure don't Know
"A cat 'a-eyc quartz, said the quiet young lady.
Tor Louise never allowed clerk or attendant to
hinder her freedom OF speech
~ cat s-eye quartz! Aren't you mistaken? Why,
they are dark, OAve-cOloTed, InglOriOuS things
The usual ones. This il a royal cat's-eye."
'D1n'u you remember, Kate, that chapter OF SIR
Charles Lyels which begins srhe King oil sam has
"a cat : eye quartz? always thought ii wasn't OF
much consequence IL he lad, when l saw the
smoky dark green and gray things they call cats
| eyee- And 50 this is the royal caJs-eye?'
another name is the chrysoberyl.7
"ChrySObCTyl? Oh. its in the Bible. Kate! This
Is a cnTisoberyl Did you ever, ever see anything
so splendid? Look At this yellow luSter and its
white. It's the apOtheosls OF gold and silver that
! body OF clear yellow light, glowing, yelling, and
thaJ slyery streak down the center Ike the
! Miiky-Way in the sky. Fine diamonds. too, those
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Its pen11nt swinging III that circle or ruUle, set
Ike spikes; pigeons blood every one Of them.
Look at the purple corners It's the most shining
timing ever saW-the most beautiful. Oh, how
superb that would De on the white velvet WHAT
is the price or it,
Eighteen hundred dollars"
and it'S worth IL, crie;i Louise.
"Haint YOU better ask Ter II she can't take a
little mOTe?' whi,pCrt Kate.
''Weil, please let M have it a moment Now
look at L, kate-the light in it-th. .py OF it
| DIAL yeI.oW-the way IL lo0Sa at the i5ant ami
! source Oh light ] must have i'll really must.
| I've haIf Tie mimi 10 he it to-day. / snail
have 10 have l.tte more from Maria, that's all.
''PoOr HaJid.
! '.Why. l should think, Kate. you'd like to nave
SiitA thing III the family. / should think you'd
/ Ike to haFe your sister dressed became your
$50 l s.0uld. # all my grandfatners grand
'.4nI So because they all can't Eaveft, you don't
| want any oI them 10 have ii, W-ll that's the
| qieertst reasoning. / cont care: me n to have
| II. snail just 60 nome ana arrange my funds
Please re-erve this and dcnt se.i il, she said TO
| iue t''teHd&At- Il Si.ii u IN II q day or TWO
~ II, ana thinl. SNAIL cake IL. Here IS my adj
dress, anu Ii you Should have Il chance To dispose
| o. II. wish you would telegraph me at o.c.,"
and giving the great glowing Eye another lingeI-
lag glance, they .eJ it. ''ito well named royal
ca ,s-eye," sdI Louise. s.lHe ewes OF our gr,af
black cat Lucier, VIXEN sh' wild and furious are
Just Ike II, only spieId4 they ar, not half so
splendid. Well, Will 90 out ~ the Morrises' to-
night. and Thursday ! shall be al home ana sec
about thing, she SAID, When they VI re in Tue
street again. You see the BeIirys ball Is to be
a;icl 4 n1kc0rbreak afT;1r that il is worth w.!tIe
10 DC at ones best; ana / really wish you would
get Il new toilet tCo. kEte: You might get that
lovely blue tuiie na,ted with gold stars that we
,I!oU saw. II would be is becoming to vour DARK
clear skin a the me-cClor-every bit And i
mink II IS Il matter OF Unselfishness indeed l do
II makes me look 50 very cons icuOUs and selfish
Ii dlH the only one among Us with 80 handsome a
toilette. But went that pendant be stunning"
Eighteen hundred dollars Is an immense deal
Oh money tor You 10 spend on i single ornament
yes, it is. And that Is the reason I'm going to
so SOW about IT. Bur. you see, tts Ior ones lie"
40 bc Known by, like he black pearl"
'lts Tor ones life. It's-iJ's really after all.
an Investment. VI hat Il lovely chlld-that little
gypsy tutng, with tie red shawl over her head
Dli YOU see her? Where do you suppyse sIcn
cllldr live? What ktEd of mothers DO YOU sup
pcae they have, 10 let them run Wild so in a
suppose we come into town and investigate? we
might do world OF good maybe We might
t"~e home such child as tnat, / suppose md
DflnS Aer UP as a taDe-giri. Wouldn't She be
charming: What dolls work IL would be- max
lag her little caps and aprons. / Should enjoy it
| 50 lnucl-SiIOuIdnt yOu?i
When Louise arrived at the Norrfses' that ni-h.
| Mary Morris met her at TIE station. and walked
with her up ne LiiI 10 the OLD Morris m3n,Ioq
rather deJectedy, Louise talking about the shelley
ry.ijln. concerning which Ill aiire While
Mary listened 10 her very ab5trtctediy. LOQ!se
was quite hungry. having taken bat a slight
lunch, and was not Jt ali pleased that tea W,
: rvcSI instead OF dinner. and very simple tea
at hat, the M0Tises having dinei in the mildie
oi me DAY. The view. as tney sat ut table, over
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Hiiis was enchanting: still, one cannot SATISFY
hunger ona view, L,uIse thought Perhaps she
allow a Mary 10 Know that the tea was INSULT
Client by "Skiig Tor glass or milk an hour after
ward. ana eXpre-sin5 Il desire that Ii might be
a third c!eain-crtain, which had long been a
stranger 10 the AiOTFiSoco' board. Mary was how
ever, O:i5ht eGcu-h 20 roth egg, into the glass
OF miiE, ana Miss Louise had TO be content Sae
remembered now That sne hld ali out invited her
SCI. as she hLd wanted 10 tall. with Mary who
was an dG.n!rtT Oh certain obscure poetry and
prime herself Tor future opportunities. But
Louise quIJe loSt her sense of hunger when Mary
began 10 sac" Her over the Old house. 81, was
D.liit by the OLD governor Mary said. There's
hl5 FlctUre-GOt very good: but there are his sons
You Ano'S-Uy C0pet. / suppose Ii we Sold The
tOJeys II would prevent our having TO sell the
IOjiSc, at least very nearly. But mamma feels as
l. III would We the same thing as selling their
graves she can't Dri4E herself TO IL. Siill we
sh0aid II they would fetch enough. But they
would SUI. leave Us almost JTO THOUSAND dollars
short OF the sum ncc.ci. and So alter AL it IS
jac AItlc vulgar cottage IN the village where
"A II De 100 D. 70 get In az the door, Wnen other
ltJlc nave The dear cd house, and remodel II.
aEd-2nI rain IT," And suddenly Mary bur2, into
tears, ana threw her7t!! OH the Old chintZ coucn,
AMI cried WIKI a storm OF sooS.
Why. Mary.-why, Mary Norris, Oh, don't
dear. dOnj," exclaimed Louise .sWhat Is It.
Don't keep me IN suspense" And she began
70 cry too, Win her Sympathetic arms around
her friend.
Ion. Louise" exclaimed Mary, wipfng her eyes;
= ought not 10 have tOld you anything about IT,
\ ~ ieei 20. you suffer 50 with people. But /
cOIiOht he-p II. IL just breaks my heart TO think
OF parting Win the old hU.se And it has 10 be:
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